.300 Win Mag!
Turn a pack lose in Dearborn, Michigan.
‘Shoot on sight’ on my property.
I use 300blackout or trusty 30.06.
I don’t see a hog hunt as a sport outing. I see a hog hunt as something that needs to be done to get rid of these destructive critters.
now THIS is a good post, with real practical value....
.300 Win Mag!
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The shield isn’t going to stop a well-constructed high velocity rifle bullet like an Accubond or TTSX. I expect most decent muzzleloader bullets would work fine also, due to the lower velocity not causing explosive results.
On the other hand, a lot of folks prefer neck or head shots on hogs to prevent excess meat destruction.
On my last feral hog hunt, I used my favorite caliber, a 375 H&H. Loaded with 235 grain partitions, it does an admirable job on North American game.
With the 300 grain Barnes solids and 300 grain Partitions, I get the same point of impact. Devastating on dangerous game.
There's the answer, in the form of practical use.
(Not much interest in the .35 Whelen because I have no plans to visit Alaska.)
These look like fun to bow-hunt; I would carry a katana as my sidearm though rather than a pistol though in case of counter charge. I can detect threat, draw and cut very accurately in under 300 ms, not even close to that with a pistol. Watching videos, these guys are pretty quick and fairly aggressive.
My grandmother (born in 1893) and her brothers never left home without a loaded gun whenever they ventured into the woods.
She’d tell me how vicious wild hogs can be.
180gr SP .30-30 delivered via a Win 94. Proven combo for over 100 years...
Boar, dear, whatever... Food on the table.
I hate those wild hogs. When I lived in Texas they were more destructive than any of the thunderstorms or tornadoes. We would shoot dozens of them in one time mooching under the deer feeder and the next day there would be another herd of them. They don’t even taste good so in to the ground they went.